Improved apparatus for bending and upsetting tire



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,Tl-RE 'BENDER AND `U-PSETTER.

- l t mmmJuNzusvo To `all whom it 'may concern cranks, in upsetting,

13, (or a wheel,) compelling the tire to upset with ease and accuracy,

\ wird L imm u IoENfr; WooDWAED, or BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY.

`Letters Patent No. 104,52-7, dalerl June 21, 1870,v

I IMPRVED APPARATUS FOR BENDING- AND UPSETTJNG TIRE.. i g l i n t,

` The `Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it kno-wn that I, J onN T. W'ooDWAnD, of Bowl` ing Green, county of Tv'arren and State of Kentucky, -have invented `a `new and useful Improvement in Machines ior .Bending and Upset-ting Tires; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had lto the accompanying drawing, in whichi Figure lis a side elevation; VFigure 2, a plan` viewyand Figure 3 an end elevation. l A A A is the bodyofthe` machine, something similar toall tire-benders, except the grooves on top.

BB are i two slides, which can be rapidly moved backward or forward, asoccasion may require, either in bending or'upsettng, `by means of the crank D and rod E. q i i C C are two jaws attached to the slides, on the inside of which are teeth. l' 1 The tireis firmly pressed against these by two and then, by means of the crank the slides 'are` forced together, thus theexa/ct distanceyou `upset it being measured by tbegaugelikf-` K K K are cog-wheels, the two outside ones being 1. The combination of the vertically-adjustable y roller, with the two side rollers, the slides B, and

right-and-left screw E, arranged and operating as a` tire-bending machine, substantially asV described.

2. The combination of the right and left-hand screw i E, slides B, upright A A, serrated jaws G C, and screws with crank extensions for clamping the tire, arrranged and operating as tire-'upsetting machine, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the cog-wheels K K K, slides L, and gauge N, substantially as shown and described.

. JNO. T.A WOODWARD.'

-Witnesses WM. MCAULEY, C. A. EVERHART. 

